Khagesh B Jha is an advocate at the Delhi high court and is also associated with Social Jurist - a group that works for the rights of poor children. He talks about the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota under the Right to Education Act. He says last year only 30% children were benefited through this and this year\, too\, schools are reluctant to give admission to EWS children with many reducing the number of seats at the entry level. \;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T012220Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T125800Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120223T125800Z UID:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/sumit-vohra-nursery-admission URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.governancenow.com/views/gntalk/sumit-vohra-nursery-admission SUMMARY:Sumit Vohra on nursery admission DESCRIPTION:Sumit Vohra is the founder of admissionsnursery.com\, an online forum of more than 42\,000 parents in Delhi. Through this portal Vohra has been advocating for parents seeking admission for their children in nursery. In this GN Talk\, he talks to Governance Now about the problems Delhi parents face every year when they want to admit their children to schools. Criticising the point system\, Vohra said that giving points to alumni is against the spirit of RTE.
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